Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

GEORGE WILSON, who murdered Wake
field Gains at Philadelphia, has made a
confession.
THE Dominion election returns received
up to the night of the ODD show the cleo
ton of 10 Conservatives, Sc Liberals and
four Independents.
A STIR IS created in political and labor
circles by a letter of Mayor Hewitt of
New York to the Southern Society.
EMPLOYERS of spinners at Fall River,
Mass, have refused an asked-for advance
of wages and a strike is probable.
THE newspapers of Paris are jubilant
over the result of the election in A lsacc-
Lorraine. They say that Germany is not
able to obtain the hearts of the inhab-
tants of the annexed provinces.
SHARP's stove foundry at Steubenville,
O., took fire on the 23i, and was damaged
to the amount of s12 900; insurance g, 800
This is the sixth time the foundry has
been burned within twenty years.
MRS. LUTHER WARREN, who was shot at
Cincinnati by Ed Jordan, died on the 23d
Jordan is in Jail, charged with murder.
The murderer kicked over Mrs. Warren's
baby carriage, and when she remon-
strated, shot her through the heart.
IT is understood that the President will
sign the Trade Dollar bill, but that he
will call the attention of Congress to the
necessity for additional legislation to
afford facilities for the execution of the
law, the Treasury Department not being
prepared at present to handle, store or
recon the dollars, as required by the act.
ABOUT fifty representatives of the lum-
Der trade at Lake Erie ports met at San
dusky, o., on the 23d, and held a c0nven-
ton under the auspices of the local Lum-
Der Dealers Association. The day was
spent in discussion of the prices of vari-
Gus grades of lumber, transportation
rates, etc.
THE Supreme Court of Indiana decided
on the ed that it had no jurisdiction over
the Lieutenant-Go vernorship contest of
Smith and Robertson, and that the Gener-
al Assem- bly, must decide the matter.
Hon. GEORGE BANCROFT. the historian,
IS said to be seriously i'll. threatened with
severe attack of pneumonia.
NATIVES of the Friendly Islands are still
greatly agitated over the trials and SEN
fences of the men who assaulted Mission
airy Baker, and a bloody outcome is
feared. A British vessel has sailed from
Melbourne, and Catholics are appealing
to France for protection.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has
granted a rehearing in the case of Milton
Weston, the Chicago capitalist, now
undergoing Imprisonment in the River
side, Pa.) penitentiary for completely in
the Murraysviile gas-well riots.
Mrs. PAvY, wife of DR.. Pavy, who lost
his life in the Greedy Arctic expedition,
has been in Washington for several DAYS.
having gone there to present papers to
the Senate committee with view to de-
feaung the nomination of Captain Greedy,
the chief of the signal service.
FIRE at Nebraska City, Neb., on the 24tb
caused a loss of S125, ZOO.
Mrs. j. NJ. BRUNER was burned to death
by gasoline at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
24th.
CARDINAL JACoBINE is reported very I'll.
and on the oath was thought to be dying.
The Kansas Legislature has passed
law changing the name of st. John County
to Logan.
THERE was hung jury in the Irish con-
sp racy trials
President CLEVELAND has vetoed the
bill for the relief of the sdreties of john
How. as Indian agent.
WAR has at last been declared between
the Amalgamated Association and the
Knights of Labor at Mingo junction.
THE Chinese are killing Christians and
creating terror in remote part OF the en-
3ire.
GEORGE KLEIN and Jack O'Brien fought
; desperate glove match at Brooklyn o.
he 9th. OBrien was almost annihila,,
I'd. bat won on a foul }